Citation - Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Pa): 1738.05.19

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Index Entry Drummers, in Edinburgh, rioting prisoners beat chamade for capitulation 
Location Edinburgh 
Citation
VGW(PA.738.035
12-19 May 1738:22 (94)
. . . [Account of prison riot in Edinburgh, prisoners
barricaded themselves inside until] their magazines being
exhausted, they beat the chamade, and put out the white
flag; upon which their officers, with some of Gen. Wetham's,
enter'd into a capitulation with them; and a general amnesty
(which they insisted on as a preliminary) being granted,
they delivered up the outer gate . . .


Generic Title Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Pa) 
Date 1738.05.19 
Publisher Parks, W. 
City, State Williamsburg, VA 
Year 1738 
Bibliography B0048952
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